MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2805, 17 September 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtainin «■ an increased area thereon shall mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thegroundshallhave been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims • ••ranted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his olhce for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant- a prospecting claim ior any ! new discovery at a less distance than r.wo miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by or 3 man remaining on the ground during working hours until the -application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if ho think fit, £»rant a prospecting claim to the actual frucovcrer of new > old workings conioint.lv with ■•••■!> 01 s -\ !.u have assisted r.cm in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be mmintted by tho actual dkeoven vs, although the said :)Ol>-oi:3 I:i:iV 11 Ot have heell Oil the ground prior to the granting thereof. j The Warden may, upon the applica- j '.ion of anv persons forming a party of! riot less than four, grant protection for j lot mote than three m nths for a area " at a distance of not 'less than two miles from any existing •-v.,rki!>es in alluvial ground., or in the Li'se of quartz workings of not less than j ulf a mile front any existing quartz j --vorkings : Provided in no case shall ; Aiiv such prospecting area be granted j tvi-hin half a mile of any other such j»iof-'pectiiiL' area. I'/ovidcd further icii such protection shall only continue ' in force !ini;i gold is struck, in which ; ~.v',e 'An: disci.very ,:jinll t'.e reported, I :,r tii.tti 'lie iiolMcs are required by the ! Warden to marl: a prospecting claim, j ; ;i either of which cases a prospecting j i.aim shall he marked and applied for as : <»r"vided in Regulation L.I. and V., and ! ~:---fi-.-Mon shall theru|>on cease as to lit- remainder ot such prospecting area. !t .hall !>e lawful for the Warden to 1-P.ricw tV"m time to time the protection f,,- . area. Provide.; th t iifh r-new-d protection shall not 1c -r, i ■'■■<i for u-nr *nan three months .tt ftuy time